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The Vision Machine

by Paul Virillio · 1989

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"Virilio offers a cool, precise look at an impending future in which reality shall simply cease to exist. Highly recommended." —Choice

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Surveying art history as well as the technologies of war and urban planning, one of France's leading intellectuals provides an introduction to a new "logistics of the image."

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
mediamediaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 96 pages

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